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Weekly kill: Markets subdued during sequence of short weeks

THE sequence of short kill weeks that started on Friday has seen the beef processing industry put the cue in the rack for the timebeing, with no changes to grid offers and only very small numbers of slaughter type cattle offered at significant saleyards so far this week. On top of school holidays, Easter is […]

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Feedgrain Focus: Market dips on trade sales

Field peas are planted into wheat stubble at Hopetoun in Victoria’s southern Mallee. Photo: John Stevenson, Warakirri Cropping PRICES for feed wheat and barley have softened in the past week as prospects for a big and early winter-crop plant across Australia improve. It has seen some in the trade, consumers included, unwinding the occasional position […]

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Research shows similar emissions between wild herbivores and cattle

    How do emissions from cattle compare to emissions from wild herbivores in a similar landscape and environment? A team of researchers recently studied two sets of animals in the Serengeti region of Tanzania to find out. The project compared calculated emissions from animals in a wildlife-dominated savannah to those in an adjacent land […]

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NVLX Wodonga 11 April 2023: Grain-assisted yearlings firm

Selling action at Wodonga. Yarding 600 Change + 100 Numbers were similar. Most of the usual export and domestic buyers were at the sale however not all operated fully. The reduced supply of vealers sold to mixed trends due to the limited stock. The bulk of the vealers made from 340 to 476c/kg. Bidding intensified […]

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